PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (cont)
Gloves
Gloves are essential protective equipment for caretakers and research personnel who contact animals, animal tissues, or soiled animal cages during their duties. Disposable gloves are useful to prevent the transmission of disease between animal rooms and in limiting the possibility of disease transmission between animals and humans. They are also useful in limiting exposure to contact allergens.
Gloves vary in materials from disposable latex and vinyl which may be adequate for basic lab procedures to thick leather gauntlets which will add protection when handling animals which may potentially bite the handler.